when you go by that you better never buy something. In a few weeks or months cards will be cheaper again. you can wait until the rest of your life for cheaper deals.

He literally paid for a nearly 2 years old video card almost the price it was on launch.

You can be smart and wait... wait for video card to lose their value so rapidly by not buying the high-end premium priced items but if you wait the right moment, you can buy them at the price it goes used. I did that last year with 3 7970. I made 300$ off that, resold the games coming with it + the card on local market. Oh and I also kept 2 free games in that story.

Dude, I stopped keeping track of the 780 Lightning after it launched, what's the status of the 780 Lightning these days?

Are Classifieds shipping with Sammy memory now?
Have ZERO interest in getting a reference card, since I'm not into WC'ing.

I'd rather get a 780 Lightning or Classified for about the same price as a 290X.

Gonna wait for 780TI to come out though, let's see how that shakes things up further, if at all.
Wait, aren't you supposed to be upset about this move? that's what some AMD fans will have you believe at least.

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Originally Posted by szeged

ah so its basically a normal 780 but with an ugly cooler

The Lightning looks like only Elpida memory. Classifieds are back to Samsung. Classifieds still appear to be the best 780 to get.